Tiri
@tiritiribobiri.bsky.social
He/him. 30. Video editor, critic, talkyman, and very, very queer.
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Tiri
@tiritiribobiri.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Tiritiribobiri
I'm Tiri! I make videos about video games, usually retro games. I have a monthly show about old PC games, but I also do game reviews for the newer stuff, and I might even put up a longplay here or the...
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👋 hello bluesky!
i'm tiri, and i like games, film, and art in general. i make videos about these things, usually with a retro focus. big fan of this thing called 'game design.'
can you believe my mum thought i'd write books?
youtube: www.youtube.com/@tiritiribob...
letterboxd: boxd.it/bhrbT
i'm tiri, and i like games, film, and art in general. i make videos about these things, usually with a retro focus. big fan of this thing called 'game design.'
can you believe my mum thought i'd write books?
youtube: www.youtube.com/@tiritiribob...
letterboxd: boxd.it/bhrbT
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New Afghan Hound adoptable!
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
New Afghan Hound adoptable!
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Some of the best advice I got when learning to program is:
"the worst thing your code can do is appear to work"
If it's obviously broken, you know you need to fix it. If it's subtly broken, it may go a long time before being discovered...
Test everything, and be able to explain how it works
"the worst thing your code can do is appear to work"
If it's obviously broken, you know you need to fix it. If it's subtly broken, it may go a long time before being discovered...
Test everything, and be able to explain how it works
"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Some of the best advice I got when learning to program is:
"the worst thing your code can do is appear to work"
If it's obviously broken, you know you need to fix it. If it's subtly broken, it may go a long time before being discovered...
Test everything, and be able to explain how it works
"the worst thing your code can do is appear to work"
If it's obviously broken, you know you need to fix it. If it's subtly broken, it may go a long time before being discovered...
Test everything, and be able to explain how it works
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This is your sign btw that you should call Mastercard
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is your sign btw that you should call Mastercard
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The way trans issues and trans lives are discussed in contemporary culture is the ultimate example of talking about people like they're not in the room *while we're in the room* begging to speak.
Theory bite!
This is probably something that cis people would find useful, as much or more than trans people, because a lot of cis people participate in it in conversations about transness and trans folks ;3
This is probably something that cis people would find useful, as much or more than trans people, because a lot of cis people participate in it in conversations about transness and trans folks ;3
November 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The way trans issues and trans lives are discussed in contemporary culture is the ultimate example of talking about people like they're not in the room *while we're in the room* begging to speak.
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symptom of a sick society that the popular gaming service "Steam" has official tags for "roguelike deckbuilder" and "extraction shooter" but not "virtual pet" or "burgertime clone"
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
symptom of a sick society that the popular gaming service "Steam" has official tags for "roguelike deckbuilder" and "extraction shooter" but not "virtual pet" or "burgertime clone"
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Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
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The video starts with the waitress, who clearly assumes that a white, three-dimensional man wouldn’t understand her language, asking the man what he wants to eat in English. She was visibly shocked when he responded “sherb baba arogaba swaybul charba sa cou shamoo.”
paletteswap.site/dif...
paletteswap.site/dif...
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The video starts with the waitress, who clearly assumes that a white, three-dimensional man wouldn’t understand her language, asking the man what he wants to eat in English. She was visibly shocked when he responded “sherb baba arogaba swaybul charba sa cou shamoo.”
paletteswap.site/dif...
paletteswap.site/dif...
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In The Labyrinth of Time, entering the Ziggurat without a lantern is supposed to show a black screen. However, the developers put in the wrong filename for the black screen, so it fails to render, showing a black screen instead
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
In The Labyrinth of Time, entering the Ziggurat without a lantern is supposed to show a black screen. However, the developers put in the wrong filename for the black screen, so it fails to render, showing a black screen instead
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Did you know that big studios monitor piracy? Don't you fucking dare pirate this shit. Do not hate watch through piracy. JK Rowling is a disgusting human being that funds and encourages the hurt, pain and death of my fellow trans peers.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
HBO CEO Casey Bloys says 'HARRY POTTER' Season 2 is already being written
"We’re going to do whatever we can to not have a huge gap, for the kids, obviously, but also for viewers"
"We’re going to do whatever we can to not have a huge gap, for the kids, obviously, but also for viewers"
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Did you know that big studios monitor piracy? Don't you fucking dare pirate this shit. Do not hate watch through piracy. JK Rowling is a disgusting human being that funds and encourages the hurt, pain and death of my fellow trans peers.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
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“what if they change their mind later” is never asked about cis kids going through puberty, even though they might be trans, which reveals that cis people view transness as a defect
The only truly irreversible thing a trans child is likely to do is take their own life. "What if they do something irreversible?" actually means "theyre not allowed to make a decision!"
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“what if they change their mind later” is never asked about cis kids going through puberty, even though they might be trans, which reveals that cis people view transness as a defect
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This one's a fun read
The OG Starcraft stuff they showed in 1996 always was shockingly unambitious for Blizzard, even back when I first saw those screenshots after the fact in like ~1999 or so, when I started frequenting Blizzard fansites.
As you'd expect, there's a story behind that!
The OG Starcraft stuff they showed in 1996 always was shockingly unambitious for Blizzard, even back when I first saw those screenshots after the fact in like ~1999 or so, when I started frequenting Blizzard fansites.
As you'd expect, there's a story behind that!
Really good insider article on why starcraft was rebooted from a minor title into a big game based on feeling humiliated by the more impressive (later revealed to be fully faked) RTS demo one booth over at a trade show www.codeofhonor.com/blog/starcra...
StarCraft: Orcs in space go down in flames - Code Of Honor
In my previous article about StarCraft I talked about why we rebooted the project and changed it from a follow-on to Warcraft — derisively called “Orcs in space” in 1996 — into the award-winning game ...
www.codeofhonor.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This one's a fun read
The OG Starcraft stuff they showed in 1996 always was shockingly unambitious for Blizzard, even back when I first saw those screenshots after the fact in like ~1999 or so, when I started frequenting Blizzard fansites.
As you'd expect, there's a story behind that!
The OG Starcraft stuff they showed in 1996 always was shockingly unambitious for Blizzard, even back when I first saw those screenshots after the fact in like ~1999 or so, when I started frequenting Blizzard fansites.
As you'd expect, there's a story behind that!
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I saw a lot of people send the original article my way, which i did not share because it seemed like obvious bullshit. Now that has been shown to be true. I know people are worried about AI stuff, but try to be a bit more careful about what's real and what's not.
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I saw a lot of people send the original article my way, which i did not share because it seemed like obvious bullshit. Now that has been shown to be true. I know people are worried about AI stuff, but try to be a bit more careful about what's real and what's not.
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hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
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Ha! My friend Pierce found an article in a 1999 American Cinematographer Magazine where they literally discuss the warm glow the film is meant to have.
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Ha! My friend Pierce found an article in a 1999 American Cinematographer Magazine where they literally discuss the warm glow the film is meant to have.
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The heat from a glassing feels like a sweet summer day in mark V Mjölnir, Its a shame the beaches are usually closed.
#halo #spartan #masterchief #covenant #scigi #conceptart #illustration
#halo #spartan #masterchief #covenant #scigi #conceptart #illustration
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The heat from a glassing feels like a sweet summer day in mark V Mjölnir, Its a shame the beaches are usually closed.
#halo #spartan #masterchief #covenant #scigi #conceptart #illustration
#halo #spartan #masterchief #covenant #scigi #conceptart #illustration
www.gamesindustry.biz/pokemon-tcg-...
ok this is an absolute injustice.
ptcg pocket is expertly constructed to hook you in with style so you forget there's no substance you're actually spending money on.
it is game design used for evil.
ig when google says 'goty' they must mean highest grossing >:(
ok this is an absolute injustice.
ptcg pocket is expertly constructed to hook you in with style so you forget there's no substance you're actually spending money on.
it is game design used for evil.
ig when google says 'goty' they must mean highest grossing >:(
Pokémon TCG Pocket wins Google Play's Best Game of the Year award
Google Play has unveiled its Best Of lists for 2025, with Pokémon TCG Pocket, Candy Crush Solitaire, Disco Elysium, and…
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
www.gamesindustry.biz/pokemon-tcg-...
ok this is an absolute injustice.
ptcg pocket is expertly constructed to hook you in with style so you forget there's no substance you're actually spending money on.
it is game design used for evil.
ig when google says 'goty' they must mean highest grossing >:(
ok this is an absolute injustice.
ptcg pocket is expertly constructed to hook you in with style so you forget there's no substance you're actually spending money on.
it is game design used for evil.
ig when google says 'goty' they must mean highest grossing >:(
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prove everything you say (1/2)
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
prove everything you say (1/2)
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
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Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
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I feel like the last couple decades of "is representation good or not?" discourse missed more important questions of "how fragile is representation?", "what do we do when multiple industries eliminate it as an intentional move against us?" and "how can we sustain queer artists when shit goes south?"
"According to the report, [...]during the 2024-25 television season, queer characters increased across platforms by 4%, bringing the total to 489. However, the Thursday report found that 41% of those characters will not return." www.thewrap.com/glaad-where-...
Nearly Half of All LGBTQ+ Characters Will Disappear From TV Next Season, GLAAD Study Finds
The 2024-25 TV season recorded 489 queer characters across broadcast, cable and screenings, but cancellations and plot find a deep decline to come
www.thewrap.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I feel like the last couple decades of "is representation good or not?" discourse missed more important questions of "how fragile is representation?", "what do we do when multiple industries eliminate it as an intentional move against us?" and "how can we sustain queer artists when shit goes south?"
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Wish I'd taken the time to figure out @oskarstalberg.bsky.social's dual grid concept earlier. It simplifies everything so much while also enabling nicer tile shapes.
In short: instead of designing tiles, design the boundary slices between them.
In short: instead of designing tiles, design the boundary slices between them.
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Wish I'd taken the time to figure out @oskarstalberg.bsky.social's dual grid concept earlier. It simplifies everything so much while also enabling nicer tile shapes.
In short: instead of designing tiles, design the boundary slices between them.
In short: instead of designing tiles, design the boundary slices between them.
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Remember that time the DOOM dev team violently destroyed a chair which they'd turned into an effigy of Rebecca Heineman after contractual issues left her unable to do the SNES port of Wolfenstein 3D?
Cuz that's a thing that happened.
Cuz that's a thing that happened.
I just learned that John Carmack misgendered and deadnamed Rebecca Heineman in his "tribute" over on Twitter. He probably thinks it's okay when talking pre-transition days, but FYI, most trans people hate that. Worse, he never calls her "she," switching to "they" for recent memories. Fuck that guy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Remember that time the DOOM dev team violently destroyed a chair which they'd turned into an effigy of Rebecca Heineman after contractual issues left her unable to do the SNES port of Wolfenstein 3D?
Cuz that's a thing that happened.
Cuz that's a thing that happened.